This is the hole I worked on the day before the party. The pond will be infront of the gunnera with access from both the back path and the path behind the warehouse.
This yellow bird of paradise bush was not quite blooming for the party either.
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jacqueline
Thankful Gardener
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24 May '07 10:22 pm What a fantastic garden you have, Mark! Lots of gorgeous and exquisite flowering plants and greenery! So much beauty to enjoy and appreciate! Thanks so much for leading us through your lovely garden paths and sharing such fabulous pictures! Your Dracula Lily fascinates me, like a slippery eel gliding on its petal - could you describe a little more about this intriguing plant, Mark? Thanks again!
Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
Passion flower
25 May '07 5:58 am Mark, Does your passion flower become fruit ? Or is it just decorative?
Another of my favourite fruit in NZ is passionfruit.It grows on the vine- must have sun. After the flower a green pod forms- then purple as it ripens .You scoop the seedy middle out and use it for topping of pavlovas and cakes.Yummy! A visiting Canadian friend took several jars home with her as she had never tasted it before and loved it.
Dixie.
Mark
Home gardener & plant fetishist
Berkeley, California, USA
Hi Jacqueline. Hi Dixie.
25 May '07 12:57 pm Jaqueline, the Dracula lilly's flower measures 26 inches (two thirds of a meter) from the base of the flower to the tip of the stamen. The stamen is about an inch in diameter and a shiney, eggplant 'black' color. The whole plant apart from the flower is no more than a meter tall. I suspect the flower would outweigh the rest of it. Below is a view showing the whole plant. Last year, the flower had a slight carion smell. I haven't noticed it yet this year. The whole thing is deciduous, from a bulb I believe.
Dixie all of my passion vines have produced fruit but none of them are the sort they market for such. The fruit of the odd looking one forms quite a large fruit. I'll have to try it and let you know. There is a nice looking tree in the park next door that produces a small fruit called a loquat. There isn't a whole lot to them but I like their taste more and more. Have you tried those?
This odd ball passionvine will grow more than a hundred feet into a tree. Right now it has laid claim to my old fig tree and back fence. This picture was taken near the whole I cut in the fence to put a gate through.
This is the little yellow one, a rare color for passion flowers I think. It is growing near the Gunnera through a large cloud forrest daisy. In this picture you can't see its odd leaves which resemble duck feet. The flowers are small, less than two inc
This one is smaller too, between 2 and 3 inches across. I like the way the 'rays' are more prominant than the petals. They remind me of jelly fish, and those rays are actually striped purple and white.
Dixie, here is a side view of the arch showing the Sally Holmes rose and its pelargonium companion that you commented on before. This one was taken from the South along the back path.
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jacqueline
Thankful Gardener
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
29 May '07 5:14 am Hi Mark! Thanks for further plant info on Dracula Lily! Wow, amazing that its shiny black 'tongue' is almost as long as the height of the plant itself! What a stunning beauty! Thanks for sharing another lovely set of garden pics!
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